HAVANA — A new photograph released Friday shows Fidel Castro looking less gaunt than in the previous image of him two months ago. The photograph shows Castro wearing a blue track suit and ...

Fidel Castro has made his first public appearance since falling ill in 2006 and relinquishing the leadership of Cuba, the country's state-controlled media has reported.

Rumors have circulated for some time that Fidel Castro was dead or near-death. Last week, to prove otherwise, Cuba released a long letter by Fidel. Now, to pound home the point, Cuba has released ...

Mr. Castro, who was standing, more looked alert and heavier than in previous images that had showed him much more thin and frail. Dressed in a red, white and blue track suit, the 80-year-old was also ...

Fidel Castro looked alert and healthier in a surprise video aired on state television Friday, the first images released of the ailing 81-year-old Cuban leader in more than three months.

In “Looking for Fidel,” his new HBO documentary that premieres 8 p.m. ET April 14, ... Castro responds that the 75 “prisoners of conscience” should be regarded as U.S.-funded mercenaries.

Fidel Castro, who has mostly been out of public view for the past three years, was shown on Sunday smiling and chatting with Venezuelan students in a video of their three-hour meeting the day before.

Looking Back on Castro's Cuba NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr reflects on the situation in Cuba, and his own experiences with the now-ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

I met Fidel Castro 40 years ago, and he was really, really cool. I was part of an American delegation to Cuba led by Senator George McGovern; we met Castro at his brother Raúl’s farm.

Fidel Castro, the man who led Cuba for nearly five decades, has died at the age of 90. ... 15 A frail-looking Fidel Castro at the Cuban Communist Party congress in Havana earlier this year.

Cuban leader Fidel Castro, looking notably better than he did when last seen on video almost three weeks ago, happily greeted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday during a brief visit aired ...